
After Memphis SCORPION unit, watchdogs take issue with Chicago Police specialized units
Watchdogs say the CPD unit most closely resembling the unit in Memphis was disbanded after an investigation led to charges and prison sentences.
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Watchdogs say the CPD unit most closely resembling the unit in Memphis was disbanded after an investigation led to charges and prison sentences.
Wage theft is the biggest type of theft adding up to $50B nationwide and tens of millions of dollars a year in Illinois.
Beginning on Sept. 29, 1982, and over the next week, seven people were murdered in the Chicago area after unknowingly taking Tylenol pills that were spiked by a killer.
This is an issue we have been tracking for months.
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"The issue with being a city employee is we are obligated to pay any city obligation," said paramedic Lisa Beard.
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Watchdogs say the CPD unit most closely resembling the unit in Memphis was disbanded after an investigation led to charges and prison sentences.
Wage theft is the biggest type of theft adding up to $50B nationwide and tens of millions of dollars a year in Illinois.
Beginning on Sept. 29, 1982, and over the next week, seven people were murdered in the Chicago area after unknowingly taking Tylenol pills that were spiked by a killer.
This is an issue we have been tracking for months.
It can happen in a lot of ways – including missing tips or overtime - or in the case of one worker we talked to, a company not mailing a paycheck altogether.
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Watchdogs say the CPD unit most closely resembling the unit in Memphis was disbanded after an investigation led to charges and prison sentences.
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"The issue with being a city employee is we are obligated to pay any city obligation," said paramedic Lisa Beard.
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In a profoundly disturbing discovery, the body of a 96-year-old woman's body was found inside a freezer in a Portage Park neighborhood garage Monday night.
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